Cruikshank
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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A cartoon by Isaac Cruikshank, Frailties of Fashion, shows just such a scene, with the prince arm in arm with his long-term mistress, Mrs. Fitzherbert, and the diminutive Duchess of York; both women are padded.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025
Using his phone to photograph the folded-up note he could just about make out the name in handwritten ink - "W S Cruikshank" - the contractor who built the Edwardian theatre.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025
Rancho Palos Verdes Mayor John Cruikshank said he is trying hard to get on Trump’s radar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2024
Meanwhile, Mayor Cruikshank has turned to a man even wealthier than Trump to ask for help for his troubled city: tech billionaire Elon Musk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2024
It is said that when Cruikshank was eighty-three, he executed a sword-dance before an old officer who had mentally buried him.
From George Cruikshank by Chesson, W. H.
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